Paul Kuimet’s new book presents two series by the artist – Crystal Grid (2020–2023) and an ensuing series of assemblages What It Is to Be What You Are Not (2022).

The works are connected by a set of geometric shapes from
a grid that is based on the roof structure of the central transept of the Crystal Palace, erected for the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. While the photographic material of the Crystal Grid collages has been photographed in different botanical gardens around the world, the assemblages of the What It
Is to Be What You Are Not series use images exposed to light- sensitive paper in the darkness of a photo lab together with leaves collected in the Tallinn Botanic Garden. Juxtaposed, the works raise different questions about the notions of place, form and representation in photography.

Author: Paul Kuimet
Year: 2023
Pages: 88
Dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 978-9916-9817-7-1